International Journal of Tourism Anthropology  (IJTA)
ISSN (Online): 1759-0450  -  ISSN (Print): 1759-0442

Published in 4 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

Conference Announcement 5th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure 25 - 30 May 2010 Cappadocia, Turkey more details Selected papers will be published as a special issue of the journal

   Objectives

IJTA is designed for the prompt publication of original and significant articles of tourism anthropology. The journal aims to help professionals in this field to make contributions, disseminate information, and learn from each other's work; to expand frontiers of knowledge in tourism anthropology; and thus to interpret and understand the evolution and impact of tourism variation in all of its forms. The international scope is emphasised in order to address cultural, religious, regional and national barriers, and to meet the needs of accelerating socioeconomic change and changes in the global economy.

   Readership

Professionals, academics, students, researchers and policy-makers working in the field of tourism anthropology.

   Contents

IJTA provides an international forum and a refereed, authoritative source of information in the field of tourism anthropology and other related topics. IJTA publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, fieldwork reports, management reports, book reviews, notes and news. Contributions may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues are welcome.

   Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

• Cross-cultural behaviour
• Cross-cultural differences
• Cultural conflicts
• Acculturation and enculturation
• Authenticity
• Pilgrimage
• Ethnocentrism and tourism
• Tourism/leisure/recreation/hospitality evolution
• Tourism/leisure/recreation and health
• Tourism/leisure/recreation therapy
• Natural heritage and tourism
• Tangible heritage, intangible cultural heritage and tourism
• Folk art, folk-custom and tourism
• Motivation and incentive
• Destination image, perception, satisfaction, and loyalty
• Tourism experience
• Hosts and guests
• Host/guest/tourist/customer/ psychology, behaviour and impact
• Consumer behaviour and marketing
• Investment behaviour and impact
• Competitive behaviour and impact
• Interrelated industry behaviour and impact
• Government behaviour and impact
• Policy-making, strategy and operation and innovation
• Social/ethical/familial structure and tourism
• Economic/social/ecological/cultural impact
• Socioeconomic behaviour, ecology and environment
• Tourism, interrelated industry and climate change
• Ecotourism and culture
• Events, festivals and tourism
• Crisis and tourism
• Women, children and tourism
• Interest conflicts of stakeholders
• Conflict of interest between tourism and heterogeneous industry
• Sustainable/harmonious development, planning and design
• Rural tourism
• Special forms of tourism
• High tech and new media impact
• Politics, democracy and human rights
• Individuality and collectivity
• Community and welfare
• Public participation
• Government/NGO role and responses
• National and international legislation
• International relations, peace and tourism
• Education and training
• Future of tourism
• Industrialisation, urbanisation, globalisation
• Review and assessment of theory, policies
• New theory and methodology
• Theory, decision-making, and applications
• Behaviour experiments in laboratory and fieldwork
• Fieldwork methodology, technology, model and software tools

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Dr. Cheng Li

Please include in your submission the title of the Journal

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. Cheng Li
Associate Professor and Deputy Director
Sichuan University
Department of Tourism Culture
Tourism School
29# Wangjiang Road
Chengdu, Sichuan 610064
P.R. CHINA
chenglibox@gmail.com

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Konstantinos AndriotisKo
Associate Professor
Cyprus University of Technology
Department of Hotel and Tourism Management
Faculty of Management and Economics
P.O.Box 50329
3603 Lemesos
CYPRUS

Dr. Christine BuzindeCh
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
801A Ford Building
University Park, PA 16802
USA

Prof. Garry ChickGa
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA

Prof. Kaye ChonKa
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Prof. Erik CohenEr
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Jerusalem 91905
ISRAEL

Prof. Peter DavisPe
Professor of Museology
Newcastle University
International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies
The Bruce Building
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
UK

Prof. Karla A. HendersonKa
North Carolina State University
Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Box 8004 Biltmore Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-8004
USA

Prof. Jafar JafariJa
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Department of Hospitality and Tourism
Menomonie WI 54751
USA

Dr. Samuel Seongseop KimSa
Sejong University
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management
College of Hospitality and Tourism
98 Gunja-dong Gwangjin-gu
Seoul 143-747
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Prof. Bob McKercherBo
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Dr. Han MinHa
Associate Professor
National Museum of Ethnology
Department of Social Research
Senri Expo Park 10-1, Suita
Osaka 565-8511
JAPAN

Dr. Gyan NyaupaneGy
Arizona State University
School of Community Resources & Development
411 N. Central Ave., Ste. 550
Phoenix , AZ 85004-0690
USA

Prof. Zhaorong PengZh
Xiamen University
Department of Anthropology
Fujian Province, 361005
P.R. CHINA

Dr. Noel B. SalazarNo
University of Leuven
CuMoRe - Anthropology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Parkstraat 45, bus 3615
BE-3000 Leuven
BELGIUM

Prof. Dr. Ingrid SchneiderIn
University of Minnesota
Department of Forest Resources, Tourism Center
301G Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55108-6112
USA

Dr. Amanda StronzaAm
Texas A&M University
Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences
College Station, TX 77843
USA

Prof. Dallen J. TimothyDa
Arizona State University
School of Community Resources & Development
411 N. Central Ave., Ste. 550
Phoenix , AZ 85004-0690
USA

Prof. Geoffrey WallGe
University of Waterloo
Geography Faculty of Environmental Studies
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
CANADA

Prof. Tim WallaceTi
North Carolina State University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Raleigh, NC 27695-8107
USA

Prof. Ning WangNi
Zhongshan University
Sociology Department
Guangzhou 510275
P.R. CHINA

Prof. Tingzhi WangTi
Sichuan University
Tourism School
29# Wangjiang Road
Chengdu, Sichuan 610064
P.R. CHINA

Dr. Honggen XiaoHo
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Hung Hom
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Dr. Li YangLi
Assistant Professor
Western Michigan University
Department of Geography
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5424
USA